The Sun. — London, England, 1826-07-04 00:00:00

Naples, 7 ' 2 f: 83 c. ; Renter d'Espagne, ; Spanish Loan, 4441 --Exchange on London —One Month, 25f. 60c. ; Three Months, 25f. 40c. A 'Flanders Mail, and Hamburgh Papers, arrived last night to the Ist inst. Extracts from these Papers will be found in another column. A generous feelin towards th e cause of the Greeks appears to exist in g Gerthany and the Netherlands, and an association has been formed to redeem the widows and children of the Greek warriors slain by the Mahometans. The Duke of BRUNSWICK has had the, misfortune to break his leg—but the way in which - the accident happened is n o t state d . Almost the whole of the town of Tredrerickshall was burnt to the ground on'the 18th ult. We must refer our Readers to the Manifesto issued by the Emperor NICHOLAS, nominating a Tribunal to pronounce judgment on the persons implicated in the plot for the ass7tssination of the late Emperor, and the overthrow of the Government. HANIBURGH, Junz SO.—Exchange on London—One Month, 37f. 4c. ; two M9'ath.l, 37f. Ic. It aPpears by accounts from Madrid, clown to the 20th ult. it% the French Papers, that the Royal Family of Spain #zontinued at that time at Araniuez. Thr .anj Aetr return: to M a d r id was;. however, fix e d for "the 22d ; and it is added, that on the 6th of this month, the K ttirG will set out for Saceclon—and the QUEEN for Solar di rjabra, near Cuenca. The Baths M Solar di Cabra, are chalybeates. They are recommended by. the physicians, as a remedy, for sterility. fhe letters remark, that if the QUEEN should give .their au gus t S overe i gn a direct heir to the throne of Spain, it would put an end to .many intrigues, ma chinations, and hopes. The state o f th e M oney M ar k et, for some days past, nas indicated very different symptoms from those which many persons expected it would assume before the present period. Consols declined full one-half per cent. yesterday, and their appearance led to the belief, that a farther decline would take place at no dis tant period; we have invariably expressed an opinion, that the price of the Funds could not be maintained under the present circumstances of the Country, and the , altered value of Money_ and the decline cannot, in our opinion, be viewed as any proof of fresh difficulties, but simply as a necessary conse quence of measures which have been determined upon. No ground of alarm, therefore, exists .at the present depreciati on o f t h e value of Public Securities, nor should any be felt, if, in the course of the next few months a much more considerable decline should take place. The-price of the Funds . rnust ever be regulated, in til.teat' degree, by the abundance or scarcity of money. When a superabund a n ce of capital app arent l y e xis te d , the price of the Funds rose to an height not warranted by other circumstances : and now, when superabundance of capital in the Country has ceased, the Funds, like every other commodity, must fall to their relative value. In addition to this cause for their decline, it certainly must be admitted, that there is another; namely, that their value depends upon the opinion of the public, grounded on the state of the Revenue; and as the amount of the Revenue must necessarily, at present, decline, from the operation of natural eausea, the public opinion in favour of the Funds is less con fident than at :former periods, and hence a double reason for. a reduction.in' theirnorninal value. These causes alone are :quite sufficient to account for the fall jn the Funds, without looking, as others have. done, to other and.imaginary causes.' 'Th ,e Allgemeine Zeitu ng t o the, 27th ult. and Frankfort Papers to the 29th, have been received this morning, from which we make a few extracts. The article f l rorn Berlin will bC read with interest by com mercial inch "Ante, JUNE 18. The steadipm in the price of , the public securities, which ha. betn observed /Or some weehi, appears to be merely a consequence of the uncertainty in which our exchange has been since the last • crisis.' The comMercial,'4 well as political relations,' have be come io complicated of late, that no body ha* eullicient confidence in his own judgment* to decide whether- he shall speculate on the rite or fall of .the funds. Almost all speculations in time bargains have ft:Wowed the .exaMple of the well known agent, who with drew With a heavY load of debt from this dangerous" trade. Th e few transactions that now occur are for ready money. It is long too, since any attempt has been made on the part of theGovernmeot to produce a rise in the funds ; the Prussian bonds rose, indeed, from 81 to 84 on the news of the acceptance of the'Russian Intionztom by the Porte, but afterwards fell to Mt" where they remain stationary. The English Loans have re mained for months between 95 and 96, and notwithstanding the high course of exchange, bev en dollars for, a pound sterling, do not advance The timber trade in' Prussia has also become very dull, for .which reason the Ducatea, which are exclusively this trade * have Wien from 21i employed in to the previous rite of .18, per cent. Louis d'ors, on the other hand, being in increased de mand for the lottery, have risen from I 1 i to IS, bet will 'hardly reach 15, at w hi c h they were when most of the salaries or public officers were paid in gold.. But a verY markeble circumstance is, that the rate of discount" which, during the wool fair last year rose to 12 per cent., ie at present no more,thap four. This is a certain proof that our woollen dra pers, most 'of whom have their own manufactories, do not conti nue to Maki 'purchases, however low the prices of wool. At Stettin and Breslaw the wool fairs have been very dull, and hardly eny thing was geld but the middling sorts. The owners of improved heads of sheep were therefore obliged to borrow money from the government, on the deposit of their wool, asps cially as the money lenders would not make any ativariees on that arti cle. The Berlin wool fair began a few days ago, and immense quan tities are already on the spot, notwithstanding the glut of these articles in England. Some buyers have arrived from that coun try, but they want only the middling aorta, which, since the rivet improvement in the carding-machines, are used instead of the improved wool in all the fine cloths intended for the East and West Indies. Withi n t h ese two days the market ha. become more brisk, and it is exp ecte d that a good de a l of business will be done, especially in ordinary descriptions. JSZAL, JUNE 22. Cmint Lebezellem, lat e Amb assa d or of Atistri lN a at the Court of Berlin, has arrived at Berlin.' FRANKFORT, JUNE 29. H er Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Muria, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, is expected at schanginbad. Hie icoyal Highness Prince Leopold or Saxe Coburg arrived here to-dav under the title of Count of Hunneberg. SWITZIMLAND, JUN 20. The, Court of Appeal at Lucerne has decided that Messrs. Pfyffer-and Conagioni, who *ere under arrest in their towns, at liberty. to leave there, only not to go out of the city. ThereTh is ith rsai l oO t o e xp ec t that the Court will immediately pro w thir affair, that it may not protracted to too great a length. The Marquis de Rivietts G olrernor of the Duke of Bor laatut, has passed a few days at Geneva, Im We have to our great joy found that theiIIIFZLD, JUNE 24. report brought b let 4rs from Bremen, that the Rhenish We" India Company had lost ?50,000 dollars by the fire , at Vera Cruz is not confirm e d, and hat it app ears from later ac counts , di rect from Vera Cru z , that it ascii little N'nothing. it iteems that only part'of the buildings 'ilialilnetki tiThi'CuitoinAduse at Vera Cr uz was burnt, and that he *nage a only about 400,000 dollars, and not two minion,,, 1 fi it reforted, We lament tr, say, that the accounts 'received this morning f rom ilasgow, continue to speak of the trade of that town being in be most deplorable state, 'even worse than in January and **nal last. :Gettetrtand Paws have .been received from . New. South Wales, the Tritest, Captain Crean; their contents are uninteresti ng teept mentioning they had suffered from severe storms of rain,, We have repeatedly alluded to the conduct of the French Government with reg ard "to the Slave Trade and the protection which, their Flag gives to. vessels engaged in this traffic. We have recently received a letter from Jamaica, containing .so' much interesting information on this subject, that we are induced to give a long extract of it :--- " One of the schooners on this station lately sent in a full French Slaver, which, of course, was sent out again with a handsome bow to her Captain, to make the best of his way to market. It certainly is rather queer, that a native of France should not be able to obtain redress in his own Courts, having slave proceedings, whilst in ours he may boldly prosecute, estimate his gains, state his losses, and obtain judgment against those who may have de tained him. The slaves in question, poor devils, as they were, were stated by the Captain to have vastly improved under his kindness and fattening fare ;. in short, he defended his proceedings on the ground of humanity, that he had rescued them from greater miseries than slavery in Christian countries. One fine handsome fellow, who was to have been made a head shorter for trifling with a Royal Concubint, may, to be sure, feel satisfied with the change. In our late Papers, I see Messrs. Buxton, Denman, and others, or some of them, assert, that marriage is not legalized with the slaves in Jamaica. if publishing the banns by dozens, as I hear them every Sunday, has not this effect, I know not how they are to be legalized : they , further add, that a slave deserting for six month! he.' can be hung— T it is no such thing; in most in stances he escapes punishment, or receiving it, the amount rarely exceeds two dozen on board ship !" We subjoin a further extract from our Correspon dent's letter, which gives a dreadful account of the atrocities committed by the persons carrying on the Slave Trade, and at the same time shows the eaten to which it is now carried on by ships of other coun. tries : " The cruisers on this station haVe been more than usually for tunate in capturing Slavers. I can hardly recount the atrocities of the master and crew of the Napier), who stabbed,' even to mur dering, the poor Negroes, whilst waiting passiVely for their liberty, to endeavour to force them into quitting the vessel, and that too for slavery. Yet the fiends not content with this, placed lighted matches in the magazine, to blow up nearly 200 poor beings, and their liberators also. In the case of the Orestes run on shore on some keys in the Gulf of , Providence ( we ll named so in this instance), by th e U n i on schooner, when she could not have had a day's water on board, the dastardly crew deserted with all the water there was, and left the poor wretches to perish from thirst! which, in a short time they all must have done, had not 'the Speedwell fallen in with the wreck. The numbers found deitd . in the hold, in consequence of being four days without water, is not stated, but it is stated that 26 perished after capture. Well, indeed, may you says-^" What an enemy is man to man ?" Look ing to the cruisers the Admiral has under his command, I am is great hopes he will add largely to the list of captures, which al ready in his time, exceed those of any three stations for the last twenty years." It is not our.practice to notice the proceedings of Societies merelyy clubbing together once a year for the sake of good fellowship, and a good dinner ; }it when we see a body of men, however humble their condition in life, congregating for benevolent pur poses, we feel great pleasure in paying a just tribute to their motives. The Society of Cabinet-makers is of this description, having been established for the praiseworthy object of relieving members who become unable. to support themselves from illness or, other casualty. Nothing contributes more to foster manly spirit of independence in the working classes than the certainty of obtaining relief in the hour of adversity, from a ftind to Which they have themselves contn butiod,. That feeling acts as a, constant stimulus to renewed exertion, and induces a proper system of economy—the true source •of independence. If this principle were: more generally acted upon by the opera tives, it would in a great measure prevent.the recur rence of that local distress which the public are so frequently called on to relieve. It would besides im prove society by raising Men in their own estimation, .410'Ontiment would naturally influence their' conduct to deserve well of their neighbours. Those who have not provided ,for "a rainy day,". cannot do better than profit by the example of the:Cabinet-maker's Society It appears that fiotwithstanding . the endeavours of the Police to prevent the duel between Mr. LASIB TON and Mr. BEAUMONT, those Gentlemen actually met and exchanged shots, but happily without any serious consequences It seems to us very lament able that men of ,education and high station should allow their tempers to be excited to such . a ' - pitch as not only to lead them to the use .f unjustifiable ex pressions, to each other,• but to induce them to follow up those expressions with the most rancorous feelings of personal hostility, and desire to deprive each other of life. It is a sad example of the want of the influ ence of religious feeling in men whose station in life renders - their example either beneficial or injurious to Society, as their conduct is regulated by right or wrong principles. , Major Cott!bourn, late Coloblel Ssitttary, came home passenger by this vessel, which touched at the Mauritius. The Andromeda, Capt. Muddle, from Van Diemen's Land, is' also arrived off Fal mouth ; sailed on the I9th February, when she left the Colony trade was dull. We shall to-morrow publish a letter, giving a very favourable account of this interesting colony. ARGOSTOLI, MAY 4, 1826. (FROM A coualsrornarr.) u" You will, of course, have heard that Miesolonghi has fallen into the handl of the Turks. The Garrison, both male and female, made a glorious resistance, and 'hewed game to the last. We have nothing on modern record to equal it, and but very few on ancient to surpass it. The explosion of the devoted mines far self-de struction, whin every other resource failed them, were heard dis tinctly in this Island. A column of four hundred of the Garrison attacked the Turkish lines, determined " to do or die" with sword is h an d. Row many of them escaped is still uncertain, but it is said not more than seven of them survived the conflict ; the re mining p a rt of the garrison perished — fighting to the last. The women laid aside their natural timidity, arid became heroines, and fought with desperate courage not surpassed by the men. 1 shall sen you a more detailed account in a few days, as I have a copy of the deposition of one of the few that escaped ." THE FUNDS. being CITY, Twe/pe 0' (Rock this Des,. In the British Securities little or no business of imp ortance has been tranaacted since the opening this morning ; the first pr 78 i ce o f Consols was 781, and it has since only varied a sh a d e , i; Colombian and Mexican Stock remain without Any logaiai alteration; for a few moments the market appealed rather h otter, but s u b sequently fell to t h e i r o p en ing price; Colombian, 274, I ; Alaskan, 6 per Cent., 404, i• Three p er C ent . C onso l s f or Account, 78, i ; 3 per C ent. Reduced, 77i, i • 4 per Cent. Scrip, it ~ du. ; India Bond s , 9 , 11, pm . ; gxclequer Bills, 7,8, Pm. ; Bank Stock, 109. Feacialv FUNDS.-Colombian, 1824, 27, 4; Mexican, 6 per cent., 40, i ; P eruv i an, 27 4 ; Milian, 30, 2; Russian,77l, ; Greek, 104, 1 1 ; Danis h, 524; Buenos Ayres , 49, 51 ; B ra . silian, 48, 50: ' ' 51114 15.-Anglo Mexican, 40, 35, die.; united Mexasn , 9f, ai. die. ; Real del nruilian t 5,4 , dis. ; Colombi an , 3,5, per Shari' Monts, 80, die. ; Tlelpuxalnia , 20, 15, die. ; Two a' Clock. Consols have bean done as low IS 78, but recovered to 79 } , it and have since then re ce d e d t o 78k, 4, with a heavy lippearanre. In the Foreign market Mexican Stock . advanced to 41i, but went back to 40i, I ; Colombian, 27 3 i • , Consols are 78i., i. THREE O'CLOCK. It is asserted in some of the Moniing Piper's, that a Petition against the return of Colonel MA cQuEEN for Bedfordshire, has been determined upon ; that subscriptions to defray the expenc e have been entered into, and that'confident expectation s are entertained of the success of the Petition. W e know no( on what ground these'expeetations rest. V. HIS LOIDANIP was of opiGOODSON /LLISON. , fr nionOm the papers before him, th a t the defendant s h a d not *particle of beneficial interest in the estate in, question ; and that with respect to the plaintiff; be could not call upon a trustee to convey part of a trust estate._... It appeared that part of the trust estate had been sold, and the only way the plaintiff could compel a con veyance to the purchaser of that part was, to amend the record by calling upon the trustee to convey that por portion to the pucbaser, and the residue to the plaintiff as the equitable owner. The case, - therefore, stands over for considera tion on the part of the plaintiff, as to whether or not he will so amend his record. 'S rrrcz. Mr. HAR T moved for AIASTER the usual o annual order to shut the Mat ter's Office—Order made. Mr. RUCK Y. STA CZY . r. HAR T h 0 RUCK had understood th e C our t accurate l y , so that he might not get his client into a dilemma, namely, that the defendant was to go on .to complete his building pending the trial of the issues. • ' His Lam:4nm thought, if Mr. Hart took the trouble reading the order the Court had made, he would find that what he had now mentioned was distinctly made part of the order. Mr. H011.14Z added, on condition that he undertook to abide by the decision of the Court, to pull the building down again if the issues were decided against LORDSwir said, certainly. Mr. HART observed, "or to build it a little higher."—(A laugh). LORD CODILTINAY D. HOSKINS. A little motion was mad, in this case, though discussed at much length, respecting the examination of a witness ; and the point worthy of notice in it was, that the notice of motion had been given on the Ath of October last, to be made before this branch of the Court. His LORDSHIP; however, could not conceive why the motion had not been made before the Vice-Chancellor, which unquestionably it ought to have been; and if the notice of motion had been given for the other Court, it could not have been more than a few days undisposed of. His Lordship trusted the public would not con sider that it was the fault of this branch of the Court that the parties had not been heard long ago. It was a grievOus evil, at tributable to those who had the conduct of the proceedings, and an evil not by any means sufficiently looked into. The Court dismissed the motion, with costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILOHAILL..—(iftIb DAY.) SANDERSON AND ANOTHER V. NESTOR. Mr. ABRAHAM opened the pleadings. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case. This was an action to recover from the defendant, an army agent, re s idi ng i n craven-street, Strand, the sum of 955/. 15s. being the amount of three bills of exchange, dated June 1819, payable within six months, and accepted by 'him. The plaintiffs were wine-mer chants, who, sin the course of de . alinr , with Mr. Morris, who was also a wine,nierchant, residing in Northum berland -street, Strand, discounted one of these, amounting to 5281. 2s. drawn by him on the defend ant, and took the'other two bills in account. When the bills became, due they were dishonoured. Shortly afterwards 'tile brought two actions against the defendant for , the . bills,severally, and being defeated in these they brought an action for'the three collec tively, which was tried in Ireland ;. on that occasion, the Jury, after deliberatin g for a considerable time, came into Court_ and told - the Judge, that eleven of them had agreed to find a verdict for the defendant, but that they could not prevail orr the Other to give his consent, whereupon the defendant agreed t o with draw a juror. Thi s i s t h e fourth action for the same bills. • Several witnesses were examined to prove the au thenticity of the bills. it also appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff's continued to give credit to Morris after the bills hid/been diShonotired. Mr. SCARLETT addressed the Jury for the do fendant. He said that the circumstances under which Nagar had accepted the bills were-,-That he hall purchased of Morris his good will in the situation of army-agent, which con sisted in the sale of commissions, and paying the pensions of of. fleets' widows, &c. This he subsequently found not to be illegal, and conceiving that he had been imposed upon in other respects, he gave notice to Morrie, and the holders of the bills, that the business was not such as had been represented, that consequently the considerations failing, he would not pay the bills. The Learned Counsel contended, that under all these circumstances it was evident, that Morris could not sue the defendant, and that consequently the plaintiffs, who might be considered as Morris. agents, were not entitled to recover. Several witnesses were called to prove a collusion between the plaintiffs and Morris.. -and that thibilla were in the latter's hands after they became due; but their testimony was insufficient to establish these facts. The Loan Cum Jusricx said, that the plaintiffs had clearly made out their claim, and were entitled to a verdict. The Jury accordingly gave .a verdict for the ylaintiffs—Damages 7181. The Court of Common lieu was occupied the whole of this morning by the cause of hronyffenny v. Hartland, of little public interest, and wbie,h was not finished when we went to press. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. (This DAT.) LANCASTER. V. ATKINSON. We detailed the circumstances of this case yester day, which, as the Lord Chancellor said, ought never to have been heard of in a Court of Justice. It will be recollected to be the case of one sister charging an other with appropriating more of their common father's property to her own use than she was entitled to un der the will, directing an equal distribution of the pro perty. Th e op i n i on of the Court was, that there ought to be two issues tried ; the one, to try how much property the one sister htul possessed herself of, and the other, how much the other sister had got hold of. Although his Lordship now directed these issues, the parties ought not to be surprized, if, in the course of the trial the judge should stop it, and say, he would not permit such a proceeding in a Civil Court of Justice. If the parties had common sense, they would now compromise their differences, that the world might hear no more ofthem. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, ,xtract of a letter from a Nil Val Officer, on the imaica station, 17th of May : We had a littl e nava l Newmar ke t h ere the other day, between Harlequin and Pyl a d ea : at starting with a tw o or t h ree knot breeze, the wi n d on the star b oar d quarter, Harlequin led; with a little in crease o f the breeze r i g h t b efore it. Pyledes took her turn in a far more d ec id e d way; Harlequi n w i t h the wind quer terly. During this trial one could not h el p being str uc k w i t h t h e larger spread of canvas s h own by the PYledoe. The tug of war at last came upon a wind—from middling to fresh breezes, under double r ee f e d topsails, and top-gallant sails —stretching oft, and then standi ng iti shore, beating up from Port "l oyal to the east end of the island, when Pyledes, not only stood better up ,under her MIT*/' but more decidedly best Harlequin t h at , she had done be fore th e wind. I should say, she might have spared her , opponent fore and wizen top-gallant sails, and then have beaten her. They were then passed by the laity and the decided advantage still continued on the part of the Pylatles, which was sparing some, but at this moment, I cannot say, how much , canvas, How does this agree with Harlequin's efforts at home? She heat Pand ora b eat all the trial ships--what does this prove in Logic ? Pandora, The His lately tried her sailing with La Surveillance, an im deorientatlairsolonranthtear thhaedptooher as W have MI on dig that manse Preach frigate, which is L acknewledgell to beat all its con trials are sometimes Commodore Dupolet has had the Jeane d'Arc taken from him for hie'gellenteY• This would seem odd, consideringAs f that gay nation. Last year he tried tiu rate of sailing with, s aga was so beaten by the Hussar, that in badinage he passed under her stern, and told Captain Harris he really could not wear his broad best nefhmit.en, Thar pendant under such circumstances, while in sieht of il l . Hussar, and actually hauled it down. it might be carrying the thing too f ir ; but, recollectin g wh i t a fi ne old John Bull Frenehman Du polet is, I shall be trul sorry if the report prove, trtis Great activity still prevails an y e n h a ; but chiefly, I think, c u rette d to., wards self-defence; although, is I said before, ' the Naval force, I ma y add respectable Naval force of the Spaniards. underla Bard,' will he einpkyed in " L o s i ng on 'the shares of Columbia, or in blockading some of its ports, which it may safely do. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE The Duke of York took his daily drive, as usual , on Sunday afternoon, in his carriage to Hampstead and its neighbourhood. His Royal Highness was visited yesterday by the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Augusta. On Sunday night, Captain R. P. Gilbert, Military Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian. Islands, left town, with despatches from the Secretary of State's Office for Colonial Afrairslor the Honourable General Ponsonby. Capt G. also took with him brief answers to the despatches brought to the Colonial Office on Friday night, from the lonian Islands, by a Messenger. Mr. Secretary Peel returned to town on Friday night from Windsor, after dining with the King. Mr. Under Secretary Planta transacted business at the Treasury on Saturday. Mr. Latchford was sent off on Saturday evening from the Foreign Office, with despatches for the Right Hon. Henry Wellesley, our Ambassador at Vienna. The Chancellor of the 'Exchequer came to town on Saturday morning from the seat of Lady Bucking hamshire, at Charlton, Kent. Mr. Hobhouse, M.P. for Westminster, is going to join his friend, the Duke of Devonshire, at St. Peters burg'', to be present at the coronation of the Emperor Nicholas. The Duke of Montrose, in the exercise of his dis cretion as Lord Chamberlain, has again changed the period for continuing open the two Winter Theatres and the Summer Theatre in the Haymarket. In future the Winter Theatres are to be closed three entire months; and Morris, of the Haymarket, is bound to restrict his performances to four, instead of seven months, during the season. Dr. Southey was elected for the borough of Down ton without any previous consu l tat i on b etween t h e Laureat and the ?previous Patron of the Borough, Lord Radnor. When the election took place Southey was at Leyden, on a visit to a learned Lady who has re cently translated the poem of Don .Roderick into Dutch. Moreton, the dramatic writer, is employed on a comedy, which is to be produced as one of the early novelties at Covent Garden Theatre next season. It is said to be in contemplation to_ appoint, a Cor responding Librarian to the British Museum, whose sole business shall be to answer all correspondence from periens resident in the country, on any subjects that can be elucidated by th e t reasures . contained in that National Repository. We should hail such an ap pointment with real pleasure, as we know many persons, are obliged to take long journeys to make a few re- . ferences to various works or MSS., which could as • easily be do ne i n an h ou r by a Lib rar i an on the . spot. The contest for Wells was so sharp and determined that Admiral Holloway was taken from a sick bed on a litter, to vote for Messrs. Taylor and Tidway--next clay the Admiral died. Yesterday the annual meeting of the Proprietors of Drury-lane Theatre was held in the Saloon, to receive the report of the Stib-committee. It was announced that Mr. Bish had become the lessee of thetheatie for 14 years, at a rent of 11,.`,250/. Mr.Calcraft stated, in the course of the meeting, that the whole debt due by Mr. Elliston to the Theatre was 5,7001., of which 3,0001. was actual loss ,during the last season. Mr. Elliston, who was present, addressed the Proprietors, .and expressed his intention of- visiting America, for which he had received a moat liberal offer. lie de. dared, that he felt no anxiety .respecting himself, but he was desirous that his son, who lad expended a part of his privat e f ortune on the Theatre, and above all, that his creditors, who were deprived rhyhis c eas i ng to h e lessee of a il p rospect o f being pai d in full, sh ou ld sre . ceive the, consideration o f the proprietors. Mr. G. Lamb, has retired from the sub-committee. The Marquis of Hertford, Sir Thomas Turton, Mr. Cal craft, Mr. G. Robins and Mr. Church, were then elected as the Sub"dommittee for the year ensuing. The following are said to be Mr. Bish's arrangements Superintendant, Mr. Price (the Ameri can Manager) ; St age Manager ' Mr. Wall ac k. Th e scenic department, &c. t o b e as, heretofore, under. the direction of,Mr. Winston. A R UNN I NG Fr ag.—On Sunday evening, about 8 o'clock, an accident .of rather a ludicrous, description happened to a small cart full of male and female little C ockney's, who h a d b een having 44. a bit v.:pleasure" r the day, the greater portion of which, in all pro bability, was passed exposed to the broiling sun in the balcony. of some public-house on : the road-aide in the neighbourhood of town, enjoying themselves w ith a pipe an d " sunantat to eat and drink," declaring that therm 'ere country excursions are wastly whole ,some. In, returning home, how ever , t h ey were li kely to have be en broiled in real earnest, for the men, con tinuing to enjoy their pip es , some spar k s fell amongst a pantity of hay which th ey h a d in the cart to keep theirfeet comfort a bl e a n d warm in this piping weather, ,and which was soon a blaze. , The party scrambled out without much injury or damage, except the loss of sundry shawls, handkerchiefs, and umbrellas,. and, by the exertions of a Life-Guardsman, the horse was unharnessed before the fire reached his if it had, ,my vig, how pony ,vould have run The car' was nearly consumed. A coach proprietor lately complained to Sir W. Curtis that lie suspected his guard of robbing him, and asked what he should do ? " Prem.:. garde,' said Sir William. :The noted gambler, we hear, has confidentially told his friends that he should put up for Poole at the next election. He will be among his friends in St. Stephen's. There's a Legge (leg) in the house already. ANECDOTES OF WEBEIR.--Neither our manners nor our climate suited the Baron, who " should have died hereafter." When he was so loudly called for after the first performance of Oberon, he said to Mr. Charles Kemble, " Mr. Kemble, for why y ou ma k e de people cry so fiv me ?" and it was with great dif ficulty that he was induced to make his appeantnre at the side scenes; and not then till he had frequently exc l a i me d, No, no—where is de Pawcett ?* wish. ing him to go on and receive all the honours of the day. If he had continued to compose for our Theatre, O ' n wa o s ne the cea' re s n i° l n v: he would probably have succeeded in chastening and the style of our singers. at a rehearsal, he said—" am ver sorry you tak so mach troblc." "Oh ! not at all !" improving Yes, he added, " but I say, A/ al s, for woy you tak ele. troble to sing SO many notes d a t are tno in de book." TO THE EDITOR OP TIIE SUN. Std,—lf tiny yo" ao rtuPondeots will favour tut with a solution of the following Enigma, they will oblige A Countaut Reeder of THE SUN. Je sun, to que je euie, hlair je it suis pat, et qua je star, Car, 61 3'404 ce que je J. as semis pas, et que je auis, Z. ANNtivEItSARV OF THE CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY. Mil benevolent Society celebrated their eighth anniversary yesterday. At nine - A.M. the whole party assembled at the sign of the Gold en Eagle, in NM- End-road, whe re t breakfasted and at 11 o'clock set outin grandirocession through the principal of London and VVestminster, in the following order to-- is j T ea r t u y i .s npe A te i r m s col . Aparty of Constabies. - Horseback: Cabinit Makers' Society.", Fourteen men on horseback, carrying b a t onna an d wear i ng 'A nt clothes and purple Colours, the horses superbly decorated. Banner--(M0tt0)...." Enrolled Cabinet Makers." Banner—A Picture of Gratitude..(Motto).—" To our Gene rous Patrons." Banner—Emblem of Industry.—(Motto)--."Patroni ze d by Four Hundred of the Nobility." "Perseverance and Industry." A Grand Car, richly ornamented, in which were a Band of Mu sicians—in the front of which was a canopy or, crown; on the top sat Mr. Thurnell, the Master, with his two sons. The whole closed with a Banuer—" Cabinet Makers' Society." Between each Banner twelve men walked on foot--each Banner was carried on a small car drawn by one horse, supported, by two men. The procession altogether had an interesting ap pearance, and , attracted general admiration. About four o'clock they arrived at White Conduit House, and, a few minutes after five,,the company, consisting of about 200, sat down to dinner, Mr. John Davis in the chair. After the cloth was removed, the worthy Chairman said, in announcing the first. toast., it. would be. quite superfluous to attempt. to say any thing by way of pa negyric on the character of not only the most exalted individual, but, as the friend and patron of industry, the most truly inestimable character in. the empire. The health of their King, their great and good king, would, he was confident, be drank with that enthusiasm which is the common feeling . of British subjects.— (Great applause and cheering).—The King was drank with three times three, with the most rapturous ap plause. 44 God save the King" Was played by a most scientific band, in excellent style. The CHAIRMAN said, in proposing the next toast, he should not presume to introduce it with any further observations than merely to say, in giving it, that it. formed an illustrious alliance of characters, winch, like a string of oriental jewels, derived infinite value and lustre from their combination. He then ':gave The Duke of York, and the rest of the Royal Fa mily," which was drank with every demonstration of afrectionate loyalty. The CHAIRMAN then gave "Messrs. Newton and Rice,' the Trustees of the Society." Mr. NEwrox, on returning thanks on behalf of 'his colleague a nd hi mse lf, sa id, t h a t the flatteri ng manner in which their healths were drank this day, would operate with them as an additional stimulus to promote the interests of the Society. The CHA lIIMAN said that he would' noW 'propose a health which be was sure would' meet with a flatter ing reception—it was that of the Gentleman who had kindly lent the horses for the 'procession, and who, on several other : occasions manifested his goottwillto wards the Society -. -she then gave t h e health of, "G. H. Tiaylor, Esq. " This Was drank with lorid applause, 44 The Members of the Committee," Mr. CARTER returned thanks in ,a neat, speech, The CHAIRMAN then said, that. some ill-designing persons had maliciously ' reported that this • ciety h ad no existence, wh ereas , i n ' fact, it was. in corporated by an Act of Parliament, and pro gressively improving. During the - general panic whiCh had shaken some of the first houses in Engiand, not one Man was turned off frisin this So ciety,' unless for Misconduct. The object of the So ciety was to assist such of its members as were not in a capacity to work ; when any of them happened to he sick he received Itis. a week, in whatever. Circum stances of life he might be in'; and on the death of any member 15/. we re g i ven to hi s wi d ow and family. The number of subscribers was increasing rapidly, and he had every reason to hope that they would receive large dividends next year.' 'Several other appropriate toasts were drank, and the conviviality of the evening was kept up till a late hour. SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. In our Paper of 'Wednesday last, we inserted from the Litetary chronicle a brief notice of a discovery said to have been made by an Italian chemist, " that the green colour contains the principle of the magnet, and that this colour suffices to render a steel needle magnetic." We are not quite aware upon what autho rity the statement,of that highly respectable journal rests, but at all events we conceive a little further in formation which has subsequently been communicated to us may be interesting to our readers, in reference to what other Philosophers have observed upon the same subject. More than 10 years since Dr. Morichini of Rome stated, that when the sun's rays were analysed,with a prism, the violet ray had the power of communicating magnetism to a steel needle exposed to it for some time. His experiment was successfully repeated by two distinguished Italian philosophers; and by two others equally eminent without success. Some time after, however, Sir IL Davy in IRI4, and Prof. May fair in 1817, visited Italy ; and both witnessed the experiment ye/11)mM with the most perfect success. Still, as it was distinctly denied both by the philoso phers before alluded to, and also by Nr. Ber ar d, an d as several experiment ers in England had long tried to rea;produce such an effect without thesm i a il i l le i s a t s: u s e u e n e i s m s, e i r ts ; l i t ty ti l t v is as st v a e t r e y tgenerally st doubted,question rested when it was taken up by a lady,—Mrs. SoMerville, who has had the honour and gratification of determin ing the question, by obtaining the desired result even in our unfavourable climate, and pointing out the dr cunistance on which its gUCC6S3 depends. 'She took a common needle, (which was previously ascertained to be devoid of magnetism,) and covering one half of` it in paper, exposed it tO the violet ray ; in about two hours the exposed end possessed north i polarity ; s twhayese,xipvietirilm invariableent%ss icces. s repeated a and he t r ib s i i ii m e a d that the blue rays had a similar power, though, fr , ss —and that it extended even to the green rap, It " 4 " not perceptibl e i n any b eyon d t h ese. An yctoPun i L of these researches was read ,1 before the RoY'd " s `' clet Y' 4 " winter, and w e imagine tr volume of the Transaetwl4;:ppear Ibc . . Dav 11% V MARlara-4 ') At p arr lum,i aim truarrr< . #7 0 4 7 0 4 14V" !'"" lut".4* "41 Y , 6411 81.10 a. to 41. jos. , tiot Meadow and rya Grass 4/. IN. to I A i t* ; istaw Afitadeur Hay, 314 l ftr. to4L 101. ; el s „, 04. ti) 61. 1514 extraordinary fi ne s vet Hay, generallYt ' 6/. 0 4 Straw, IL 14s. to U. les.; Wheat Straw, i tta. t; fd7 . PMeadow and Clover Hay front he. to lOC per l oa m ho e( than on trade Saturday ; pieta of Straw stationary. Sup pky r ad, and Itnts'34bio.Supply short, tad prim us a, sittud,,y.